Few things are less rudimentary on stepside trucks than a chain-link latch pin (hook) setup. Obtrusive, clunky, and the "best" way to scratch up a nice paintjob—yet they were the norm for GM stepsides ...

What's the ugliest part of your truck's body? Some say the nose, and some say how it tows, but we say it's your tailgate. OK, so we used a weak parody of a Frank Zappa song to hook this story, but ...

Let’s be honest, GM is run by a bunch of cheap bean counters. Don’t believe me? Then explain why even a highly optioned truck doesn’t come with something as simple as a tailgate lock? Aside from ...